Monster Hunter: World's Devil May Cry Gear Is Worth The Grind

Monster Hunter: World's wild crossover events are now 10 times more stylish with the arrival of a quest to unlock armour and weapons from the pizza eating simulator Devil May Cry. The limited-time event quest has players fight some of the game's best monsters and grants amazing gear that's absolutely worth grinding for.

Hunters looking to cosplay as everyone's favourite white-haired hunk should seek out the event quest "Code: Red". It is a mid-level quest with a hunter rank 14 minimum requirement that tasks the player with fighting four monsters in sequence. These include an anjanath, an odogoron, a rathian and the dangerous elder dragon Teostra.

That might seem like a lot, but you'll only ever fight one at a time, and they aren't quite as tough as ones you'll find in the wild. The result is a gauntlet against some of the game's best monsters. Each time you complete the quest, you'll get a "red orb" used to craft special gear.

While the quest itself is fun, the process of getting Dante's armour and weapons feels like a bit more of a grind than the process for getting Ryu's armour or Aloy's in the previous crossover events. This is because you have to craft each piece of Dante's signature trenchcoat armour individually with a wide range of materials.

If you're like me and didn't start off this process with a Teostra Gem or Odogoron Plate, you might find that even after you've collected all of the red orbs you need, there are still a few rare drops that you're missing. That can lead to a lot of repeated quest attempts as you try to get what you need.

The good news is that even if the search for rare monster plate or gems is slow, there's still a lot you can get done during the process. The monster variety for the quest makes it a great place to farm bounties. You'll make progress on brute wyvern bounties and large monster bounties throughout the process. The creatures' reduced health make this one of the best places to complete side missions or gather monster parts to sell if you need cash.

It helps that the rewards are pretty good. Dante's armour, besides looking snazzy as heck, gives the Exploit Weakness trait and Attack Boost, which means you'll do a lot of damage attacking monster's weak points. It also gives the level-three version of Evade Window, which grants some extra invulnerability while evading, which is great for users of fast weapons such as the Dual Blades. You can even dye the jacket whatever colour you want.

It isn't just armour, though. You can also craft Dante's sword, which acts as a Charge Blade. The attack animations are right out of Devil May Cry, with furious stabs and arcs of purple lightning, and the weapon transforms from a small blade to Dante's signature Alastor long sword.

I haven't finished my armour set but the sword alone was worth the grind, if only because of how cool you'll look on hunts. Between the sword, the bounties, and the excellent battle, this latest event offers some the best extra content for the game to date.

Only logged in users may vote for comments!

Get Permalink

Trending Stories Right Now

During a recent Samsung event, Twitch megastar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins said he purposely avoids streaming with “female gamers.” The site’s number-one streamer said that he believes if he invited women on his channel, the gossip mill would immediately begin cranking out videos suggesting that Ninja is in romantic relationships with them.
On the one hand, he’s probably right about that. On the other hand, when you’re the most popular streamer on earth, everything you do has consequences.

I still remember when it was an accepted argument that gaming was an antisocial activity. "Go outside nerds," was the common style of refrain you'd hear on a school playground. It's the kind of argument that still gets trotted out today from people who have little experience of gaming, and even less appreciation for the complexity of games.